Postage-stamp-case cap



June 10, 1924.

A. E. ROPE POSTAGE STAMP CASE CAP Filed Aug. 16, 1922 IN VENTOI? WIT/VESSES A TTOR/VE Y8 Patented June 10, 192..

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T E S I ARTHUR E. ROPE, OF BROOKLYN, YORK.

POSTAGE-STAMP-CASE CA1.

Application filed. August 16, 1922. Serial No. 582,246.-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR E. ROPE, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the countyof Kings and State of New York, have invented new and usefulImprovements in a Postage-Stamp-Case Cap, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates tostamp holders for mounting on fountain pens orthe like.

The postal system established at the present time being extremelyefficient and of great value to commercial enterprises has brought thepostage stamp into very general use. Business men, in order to dispatchletters promptly, find it necessary to carry postage stamps. However,in' carrying postage stamps it is necessary to provide a case of somekind which will protect the stamps from the heat of the body which wouldotherwise stick them together and thus destroy them. It is in order toprovide one of these cases that the inventor has directed his energies.

The general object of this invention is the provision of a cheap, simpleand eflicient postage stamp holder which may be mounted on a pen or thelike.

This object is accomplished by provid ing a casing a'nd mounting in thecasing a standard which may be hollow to serve as a pen cap, andproviding in conjunction with the casing and the standard a cap adaptedfor engagement with the standard and for closing the casing. If thestandard is not hollow to serve as a pen cap means is provided inconjunction with the casing for mounting the stamp holder on a pen orpen cap.

This and other objects of the invention will be more clearly understoodfrom the following detailed description and accompanying drawings, ofwhich Figure 1 is a vertical section through the postage stamp holdershowing it mounted on a pen;

Figure 2 is a section on the line 22, Figure 1' Figure 3 is a sectionthrough a modified form of the postage stamp holder, showing it mountedon a pen cap;

Figure 4 is a section along the line -H, F igure 3;

Figure 5 is a View of the cap shown in Fig. 1;

Figure 6 is a View of the holder shown in Fig. 3. Referring to theabove-mentioned drawings, a pen 10 of the ordinary type is shown. Acasing 11 is attached to the lower end of a hollow standard 12. In thiscase the hollow standard forms a cap for the pen 10. The-casing 11 beingmounted concentric with the standard 12 and spaced a distance therefroman annular opening 13 is formed about the standard. Stamps 14: may berolled to form a hollow cylinder, which may be fitted over the standard12. A threaded band 15 18 attached to the upper end of the standard 12.Engaging with this threaded band is a projection 17 formed integral withthe casing cap 16 which closes the upper end of the casing, retainingthe stamps 14: in position on the standard. This device is retained inposition on the pen by means of the hollow cylinder 12 engaging with thepen barrel of the pen 10.

Referring to the modification shown in Figure 8, the standard 12 is nothollow but is formed integral with the casing 11. In this case adepending collar 18 is formed on the lower end of the casing 11 formounting it on the pen cap 19 of the pen 10.

This device is very convenient for use in that it may be mounted on apen or may be carried independent of the pen. In order to obtain thestamps for use, the cap 16 is removed, and by inverting the casing thepostage stamp stamps may be projected out of the same.

I would state in conclusion that While the illustrated examplesconstitute practical embodiments of my invention I do not limit myselfstrictly to the exact details herein illustrated since manifestly thesame can be considerably varied without departing from the spirit of theinvention as defined in the appended claims.

Claims:

1. A stamp carrier, comprising a pen cap, a central post in the caphaving a screwthreaded socket on its outer end, said post and easingforming an annular chamber for stamps, the wall of the casing beingshorter than the stamps whereby the stamps project above the casing, acup fitting the outer end of the casin and a, threaded lug 10catedcentrally in t e cap and engaging in the socket of the post.

2. A stamp carrier, comprismg a. pen cap, a central post in the caphaving a screwthreaded socket on its outer end, said post and easingforming an 'annular chamber for stamps, the Wall of the casing beingshorter than the stamps whereby the stamps project above the casing, acap fitting the outer end of the casin and a threaded lug locatedcentrally in t e cap and engaging in the socket of the post, said postand inner )01'- tion of the caslng having a longitudinal re adapted toreceive the end of a 11 therein.

ARTHUR ROPE.

